I. Life and works Robert Boyle, natural philosopher, was born in 1627 to Richard Boyle and Katherine Fenton. Despite Robert Boyle's status as youngest son of a large family, his father's wealth, influence, and title (first Earl of Cork) afforded him an income and allowed him to devote himself to intellectual pursuits. The young Boyle's education included Eton and private tutoring (both at home ...

The great chemist Robert Boyle was also a serious student of the Bible and Christian theology, both which profoundly influenced his natural philosophy. beliefs moral attitudes motivated him to extend human dominion over creation by advancing scientific knowledge giving medicines from laboratory poor. His outspoken advocacy empiricism, against those who believed that unaided reason sufficient pr...